Alabama Writers

Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop Fannie Flagg

WONDER BOY OF WHISTLE STOP (shown below) features the Fried Green Tomatoes characters as they return in a feel-good, heart-warming story of hometown memories and magical moments in ordinary lives. Decades later, when the local boy who made good revisits the places of his youth, a series of...

Alabama: The History of a Deep South State, Bicentennial Edition Wayne Flynt

ALABAMA: THE HISTORY OF A DEEP SOUTH STATE, BICENTENNIAL EDITION is the essential history of the great state of Alabama,...

Afternoons with Harper Lee Wayne Flynt

AFTERNOONS WITH HARPER LEE is an open window into the life of one of the literary world's most private icons, written by the one who knew her best. It is full of personal stories and laughter, as well as never-before-revealed biographical insights. Harper Lee would love this book - so will you!

 

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A Hard Rain: America in the 1960s, Our Decade of Hope, Possibility, and Innocence Lost Frye Gaillard

A HARD RAIN: AMERICA IN THE 1960S, OUR DECADE OF HOPE, POSSIBILITY, AND INNOCENCE LOST is renowned historian Frye Gaillard's account of...

The Southernization of America: A Story of Democracy in the Balance Tucker, Cynthia Gaillard, Frye

THE SOUTHERNIZATION OF AMERICA: A STORY OF DEMOCRACY IN THE BALANCE finds two of the South's most respected and awarded journalists explaining to the country the lingering influence of the old Confederacy. This powerful Black/White - male/female perspective from a pair of brilliant writers who love their part of the...

Waters Far and Near: Tales of Angling Adventure and Misadventure Around the World Charles Gaines

WATERS FAR AND NEAR: TALES OF ANGLING MISADVENTURE AROUND THE WORLD is an elegant collection of stories that originally start out about the pursuit of fish, but ultimately wind through breathtaking scenery of the world.

 

THIS COPY (shown below) was hand signed by Charles Gaines on...

Plastic Soup: Dream Poems Charles Ghigna

PLASTIC SOUP: DREAM POEMS is an early collection of Charles Ghigna's poetry for grown-ups. Titles as diverse as alley cats and shotgun weddings populate the nightmares and dreams.

 

THIS COPY (shown below) was hand signed by Charles Ghigna on the half-title page at the store. It is...

The Father Goose Treasury of Poetry Charles Ghigna

THE FATHER GOOSE TREASURY OF POETRY is a special tribute to one of America's best known and best loved poets for young readers. It is truly a classic of the genre and a keepsake gift. One hundred and one of the best of the best have been selected from the more than 5,000 poems gleaned from a publishing history that...

Bound to Dream: An Immigrant Story Charles Ghigna

BOUND TO DREAM is the beautiful true story of the author's great-grandfather, an Italian immigrant who lived the American dream. When he arrived in this country, he became a bookbinder, helping others celebrate books and stories. This heartwarming treasure, though intended for young readers, trandscends generations and...

Flora Gail Godwin

FLORA is a delightful story of a precocious ten-year old girl being cared for by her late mother's twenty-two-year-old cousin. The tale is set during the final months of World War Two, at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where the child's father is engaged in secret military work. By the end of the book, it's difficult to...